As reported by Polygon on Tuesday, June 24, Turtle Rock Studio’s Evolve is leading the Game Critics Awards, a list of nominated games that impressed reviewers and reported at this year’s E3 in Los Angeles.
Evolve takes the lead of the Game Critics Awards with six nominations, followed by Bungie’s Destiny and Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege with four nominations each.
Evolve has been nominated for Best of Show, Best Original Game, Best Console Game, Best PC Game, Best Action Game and Best Online Multiplayer.
Below is a full list of all E3 2014’s nominees and their respective awards (along with their respective developers and publishers, too), courtesy of Polygon.
Best of Show
Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Batman: Arkham Knight (Rocksteady/WBIE)
Evolve (Turtle Rock/2K Games)
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith/WBIE)
No Man’s Sky (He llo Games)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Best Original Game
Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
Evolve (Turtle Rock/2K Games)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Splatoon (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo)
Sunset Overdrive (Insomniac/Microsoft Studios)
Best Console Game
Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Batman: Arkham Knight (Rocksteady/WBIE)
Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
Evolve (Turtle Rock/2K Games)
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith/WBIE)
Best Handheld Game
Murasaki Baby (Ovosonico/Sony Computer Entertainment)
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (Atlus/Atlus)
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS (Sora/Namco-Bandai/Nintendo)
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (Square-Enix/Square-Enix)
Best PC Game
Civilization: Beyond Earth (Firaxis/2K Games)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (Bioware/EA)
Evolve (Turtle Rock/2K Games)
Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Best Hardware
Alienware Alpha (Alienware)
Oculus Rift (Oculus VR)
PlayStation TV ( Son y Computer Entertainment)
Project Morpheus (Sony Computer Entertainment)
Best Action Game
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Sledgehammer Games/Activision)
Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
Evolve (Turtle Rock/2K Games)
Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Best Action/Adventure Game
Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Batman: Arkham Knight (Rocksteady/WBIE)
Sunset Overdrive (Insomniac/Microsoft Studios)
The Order: 1886 (Ready at Dawn/Sony Computer Entertainment)
Best RPG
Bloodborne (From Software/Sony Computer Entertainment)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (Bioware/EA)
Fable Legends (Lionhead/Microsoft Studios)
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith/WBIE)
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (Atlus/Atlus)
Best Fighting Game
Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- (Arc System Works/Aksys Games)
Killer Instinct Season 2 (Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft Studios)
Mortal Kombat X (NetherRealm Studios/WBIE)
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (Arc System Works/Atlus)
Super Smash Bros. Wii U (Sora/Namco-Bandai/Nintendo)
Best Racing Game
Driveclub (Evolution/Sony Computer Entertainment)
Forza Horizon 2 (Playground Games/Microsoft Studios)
The Crew (Ivory Tower/Reflections/Ubisoft)
Best Sports Game
FIFA 15 (EA Canada/EA Sports)
NHL 15 (EA Canada/EA Sports)
Madden NFL 15 (Tiburon/EA Sports)
Best Strategy Game
Civilization: Beyond Earth (Firaxis/2K Games)
Grey Goo (Petroglyph/Grey Box)
Best Social/Casual
Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes (Avalanche/Disney Interactive)
Fantasia: Music Evolved (Harmonix/Disney Interactive)
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (TT Games/WBIE)
Mario Maker (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo)
Yoshi’s Woolly World (Good-Feel/Nintendo)
Best Online Multiplayer
Battlefield: Hardline (Visceral/EA)
Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
Evolve (Turtle Rock/2K Games)
Splatoon (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Best Indie
Axiom Verge (Tom Happ)
CounterSpy (Dynamighty)
Below (Capy Games)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Game Studio)
[ Polygon ]
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